McLaughlins Hampstead Summer

Brewed by McLaughlins Horseshoe
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
, England

Cask at The Horseshoe, 17th August 2008. Honey coloured, slightly hazy with a small head. Good aroma of honey and lychees. Fruity and sweet at the start of the sip with the hops coming through later on to balance things out. Ok palate and a long finish. Went well with my sunday roast!

Cask at The Horseshoe, Hampstead 28 Apr 08. Golden brown colored. A fluffy small head. Unclear. Inviting fruity aroma. Complex flavor of dry fruits. Dry bitter finish. Very good!

Full pint on cask at the brewpub (which is more a Winebar, than an ale pub) in Hampstead. Amber-orange body with a slight haze. Missing head. Fresh floral aroma. Summer taste with tropical fruits and pale malts. Medium bodied (Horseshoe, 30.04.2008).

Cask at The Horsehoe, Hampstead, N London. A golden beer with a lazing white head. The aroma is sweet grassy hoppy. While the flavor is swweet with light malt notes on which are notes of citrus and grass from the hops, leading to a fine lightly bitter finish. Great session beer.

On cask@The Horseshoe. Pours golden orange with a lacing white head. Aroma is fruity hops and slight caramellish malty. Low carbonation. Seems a slight bit dead. Quite fruity flavour. Ends decent bitter with a bit of caramel sweetness.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 1   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : 2 Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 2   Biscuity : XX   Hay : 3   Toasty : 3   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : 2   Cereals : XX   Grainy : 3
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Spicy : XX   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : 2   Grapefruit : 3   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : 2   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : 1   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Fresh tasting, cerealic malty beer with a tart zesty tang that works. A pleasant surprise for a London brewpub.

Cask@The Horseshoe. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is hoppy, grassy and wooden with a slight touch of leather in it. Flavour is wooden, grassy and has hints of strawish malts and some fruits.

Cask@McLaughlinsHorseshoe. Floral aroma with some citrus. Yellow, white head, fair lace. Light sweet, pretty bitter, especially towards the finish, citrus. Soft mouthfeel. Very refreshing on the summer day that I went there.